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SERBS FROCED TO RETREAT
RUSS RUSH TO AID
London. Fears that Monastir, Ser
bia, has beencaptured by Bulgarians
expressed in Athens message.
London. Anglo-French transports
with fresh troops for Balkan cam
paign arrived off Kavala, Greek
Aegean seaport eighty miles east of
Salonika.
London. British torpedo boat was
sunk in collision in strait of Gibral
tar. Paris. Situation on western fight
ing front unchanged, war office an
nounced. Berlin, via London. Heavy fight
ing between Austrians and Russians
resumed in Galician Strypa river re
gion. Vienna, via London. "After two
weeks' battle we have won," an
nounced war office reporting final re
sult of Italian offensive against the
Austrians' Isonzo line. Italians de
clared to have lost 150,000 men dur
ing last half of October.
Athens. Serbian situation so
critical retreat was looked for inio
Montenegro and Albania.
Lausanne, Switzerland. German
submarines in Mediterranean, have
been ordered to blockade Greek
ports.
London. The Germans have not
gained a foot of ground in Prance
and Flanders since April, Premier As
quith told house of commons. He
admitted British casualties in France
and Flanders total 377,000.
Vienna. In series of bloody fights
in region 35 to 40 miles above Mo
rava river mouth, Austro-Germans
were clearing country today of scat
tering bands of Serbs which escaped
earlier annihilation in Teutonic
sweep southward through Serbia.
South and southeast of Milanovac
Serbs still held dominating heights
which Austro-Germans wrested from
them after hot fighting.
In angle between Morava and Re
sava rivers Germans captured height
overlooking TriunoYot
Vienna Austro-Hungarian cap
tures during October included 142
enemy officers, 26,000 men, 44 Max
ims and cannon, 3 aeroplanes and
quantities of war material.
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SAYS POSTOFFICE FIGHT JUST
MOVE TO LOOP'S BENEFIT
The Ass'n of Commerce was called
a "loop political organization" and
the proposed site of the new postof
fice was condemned by Tomaz Deu
ther, secretary of the Greater Chica
go Federation, in an interview with
a Day Book reporter today.
"Just a plan to concentrate Chica
go in the loop district and make prop
erty values there go higher," he said
in commenting upon the meeting of
city dignitaries and varibus civic and
business organizations with Sec'y of
the Treasury Wm. McAdoo yester
day. "The property these men are
trying to get the government to pur
chase is in the hands of speculators
and the proposal to sell the site of
the Federal building to purchase the
sites now under consideration looks
queer to me."
.McAdoo -was told by Mayor Thomp
son and others why Chicago should
have two buildings of ten stories each
on blocks bounded by Madison, Clin
ton, Canal and Adams for its post
office. "It would be conducive! greater
efficiency if they build one twenty
story building," Deuther said. "They
should place the postoffice over as
far west as Halsted sL If the govern
ment did this it would be the best
thing that ever happened to Chicago.
Loop property would take an awful
slump and other public buildings
would come west It has to come
west some day. Why not now?"
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ANNOUNCEMENT
Jewish Bakers' Union, No. 237 to
day announced a special assessment
on members in order to donate $100 a
week for three weeks to Amalgamat
ed's strike fund. This union is. also
I member of A, o$ j
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